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Pilot strikes at Lufthansa are affecting British passengers. (Image: Getty)
British passengers may expertise extra disruption as a serious airline and its subsidiaries might be affected by renewed pilot strikes.
Travel plans of British vacationers had been already hit earlier this week after a two-day strike was introduced at Lufthansa and tons of of flights had been cancelled throughout Europe, with a number of UK airports impacted.
The pilots’ union Association Cockpit (VC) has renewed strikes at Deutsche Lufthansa AG and its subsidiaries Lufthansa Cargo AG, Lufthansa CityLine GmbH, and Eurowings GmbH right now (April 14).
They will start on April 16, 2026, at 12.01am native time and finish on April 17, 2026, at 11.59pm native time. Flights departing from German airports throughout this era might be affected, a message on VC’s web site learn, however a number of British airports may very well be affected once more, too.
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Heathrow was one of many British airports affected. (Image: Getty)
The message additionally defined that “due to the current situation in the Middle East, flights operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Lufthansa CityLine from Germany to the following destinations remain exempt from the strike: Azerbaijan, Egypt, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates”.
Andreas Pinheiro, president of the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots’ affiliation, stated “the situation is deadlocked”. “The situation remains unchanged – there is absolutely no movement on the part of the employers. Neither Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo have made an offer regarding company pension schemes, nor has Lufthansa CityLine made a viable offer for a new collective bargaining agreement on remuneration, nor has Eurowings made any offer regarding company pension schemes,” he added.
“We are not concerned with power struggles or egoism, but with sustainable solutions,” he additionally stated.
The VC’s message on its website also read: “Should the employers settle for the mediation proposal, the Cockpit Association will promptly submit options for an appropriate mediator.”
These strikes, just like the previous ones which ended today (April 14), concern pension arrangements and working conditions.
They have resulted so far in the cancellation of over 1,000 flights. Numerous flights have already been cancelled today, with a number of UK airports hit by the disruption. It is believed that more than 4,500 passengers expected to travel to and from the UK today have already been affected.
Several flights from London Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham, and Edinburgh, all going to Frankfurt or Munich, were cancelled today.
Cancelled Lufthansa flights from Frankfurt to the UK today
- 10am to Newcastle
- 11.10am to Edinburgh
- 2pm to London Heathrow
- 3.45pm to Glasgow
- 4pm to London Heathrow
- 4.10pm to Edinburgh
- 4.50pm to Birmingham
- 8.50pm to Birmingham
- 9.30pm to London Heathrow
- 9.40pm to Manchester
- 10.10pm to Edinburgh
Several airports in Germany and the UK will be affected by the strikes. (Image: Getty)
Lufthansa said it will be operating around one-third of their total short-haul schedule, whilst half of their long-haul routes will be cancelled.
Meanwhile, Eurowings will operate 60% of its schedule. Some 570 landings and take-offs have been cancelled at Frankfurt Airport so far, affecting more than 50,000 passengers.
Elsewhere, at Munich Airport, roughly 720 flight cancellations have been reported over the latest two days of the strike.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2194095/major-airline-cancels-flights-europe